Title - A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy Go to School
Author: McPhail, David
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
A bug, a bear, and a boy enjoy themselves as they go to school, take a ride in a wagon, fly a kite, and paint a picture, and help each other along the way. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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95 1.3 130 Amazon
RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 12 Total # of Words 107 # of Different Words 51
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 51 47.7% # of Hi freq words 14 27.5%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 4.7% # of Low freq words 3 5.9%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Oral/Natural
Sequence of Events: Chronological
Features
Topics
*Animals
Bugs
*Schools & Education
Bears
School
Low Frequency Words
carries equator seesaw